Private for-profit · Community college
Estelle Skin Care and Spa Institute
Skokie, Illinois · Small city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $14,488
- Avg net price
- 86%
- Grad / completion
- $25,148
- Median earnings
Estelle Skin Care and Spa Institute is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Skokie, Illinois (small city setting), enrolling 141 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Skokie, Illinois
Skokie is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. About 1910, the spelling was Americanized to "Niles Center". However, the name caused postal confusion with the neighboring village of Niles. A village-renaming campaign began in the 1930s. Westfield Old Orchard, an upscale shopping center, is one of the country's first and is the third largest mall by total square footage in Illinois. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 14 miles to Chicago, IL
- To Great Lakes shore
- 3 miles
- Nearest airport
- 10 miles to Chicago O'Hare (ORD) · major hub
How Estelle Skin Care and Spa Institute compares
Higher than 86% · #15 of 122 in Illinois
Higher than 19% · #96 of 113 in Illinois
Cheaper than 52% · #69 cheapest of 123 in Illinois
Lower than 82%
Lower than 73%
Larger than 36%
Percentiles compare Estelle Skin Care and Spa Institute with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Illinois.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White51%
- Black13%
- Hispanic26%
- Asian2.8%
- Other or multiracial7.1%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 141
- Student–faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 45%
- First-generation students
- 52%
- Students over 25
- 64%
- Median family income
- $19,505
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- —
- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $14,488
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 86%
- First-year retention
- —
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $21,402
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $25,148
- Median debt at graduation
- $7,136
- Students with federal loans
- 45%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 72%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $100
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Estelle Skin Care and Spa Institute funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.
Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $25,148
- Typical debt at graduation
- $7,136
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 28%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- —
Typical debt would take roughly 2.8 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 84°F
- Winter low
- 16°F
- Annual rain
- 39.5″
- Annual snow
- 33.6″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Chicago Botanic Garden, IL US station (5.6 mi from campus).
What Estelle Skin Care and Spa Institute graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.